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Proceedings of the

International Nuclear ReactorDecommissioning PlanningConference

Held atBethesda, MarylandJuly 16-18, 1985

Manuscript Completed: January 1986Date Published: February 1986

Compiled by: B. L. Baumann, K. M. Edwards

Sponsored byOffice of Nuclear Regulatory ResearchU.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionWashington, D.C. 20555

Proceedings prepared byUNC Nuclear IndustriesDecommissioning Programs DepartmentP.O. Box 490Richland, WA 99352

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INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTORDECOMMISSIONING PLANNING CONFERENCE

held at the

BETHESDA HOLIDAY INNBethesda, MarylandJuly 16-18, 1985

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPEAKER ADDRESSES

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - G. A. Arlotto 1

GUEST SPEAKER ADDRESS - Dr. Dixy Lee Ray 6

DECOMMISSIONING PHILOSOPHY AND GUIDANCE

DECOMMISSIONING RESEARCH REACTORSH. Bernard, H. Berkow, R. E. Carter, P. Erickson; USA . . . . 15

DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA FOR RESIDUAL RADIOACTIVITY FOLLOWINGDECOMMISSIONINGS. Lichtman, M. Ronca-Battista; USA 34

REGULATIONS, STANDARDS, AND CRITERIA IN DECOMMISSIONINGM. A. Feraday; Austria 43

DECOMMISSIONING PHILISOPHY IN FRANCEA. Cregut; France 55

DECOMMISSIONING NUCLEAR REACTORS IN ITALY: REGULATORY PROCESS ANDUNRESOLVED ISSUESM. Laraia; Italy 62

TECHNICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF DECOMMISSIONING IN THE FEDERALREPUBLIC OF GERMANYL. Weil, J. K. Pfaffelhuber; Federal Republic of Germany . . . 72

FUNDING OF DECOMMISSIONING PROJECTS

FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE NRC'S PROPOSED DECOMMISSIONING REGULATIONSR. S. Wood; USA 83

FUNDING OF DECOMMISSIONING PROJECTS (contd.)

REGULATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING BY THEU.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION — AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE ONTHE NRC'S PROPOSED REGULATIONSN. S. Reynolds, S. M. DuBoff, D. F. Stenger; USA 92

RATEMAKING TREATMENT OF DECOMMISSIONING COSTS BY THE FEDERAL ENERGYREGULATORY COMMISSIONR. J. Lenart; USA Ill

ESTIMATING OF FUNDING LEVELS FOR DECOMMISSIONINGK. W. Sieving, Vojin Hadzi-Pavlovic; USA 116

GUIDELINES FOR PRODUCING COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DECOMMISSIONINGCOST ESTIMATESD. H. Williams, T. S. LaGuardia; USA 125

INFLUENCE OF ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS AND REGULATORY RULES ON THE FUNDINGOF POWER REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING COSTSJ. S. Ferguson: USA 142

DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES: FEASIBILITY, NEEDS, AND COSTSE. G. DeLaney, J. R. Mickelson; USA 165

DECOMMISSIONING PLANS AND EXPERIENCE

DECOMMISSIONING PLANS AND EXPERIENCESD. D. Ritter, J. A. Chapin; USA 168

SAFSTOR DECOMMISSIONING OF THE HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT NO. 3R. T. Nelson; USA 173

ROSPO, RITMO, AND RANA SMALL RESEARCH REACTORS READY FORUNRESTRICTED RELEASE: THE FIRST ITALIAN APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMOF DECOMMISSIONINGM. Conti, M. Ferretti; Italy 181

NORTHROP TRIGA FACILITY DECOMMISSIONING: PLAN VERSUS ACTUALRESULTSF. W. Gardner; USA 189

GENTILLY-1 DECONTAMINATION FOR DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMP. DeNault, I. Kuperman; Canada 195

SHIPPINGPORT STATION DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT OVERVIEWJ. J. Schreiber; USA 218

DECOMMISSIONING PLANS AND EXPERIENCE (contd.)

SHIPPINGPORT STATION DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERPROGRAML. A. Pasquini; USA 227

MANAGEMENT OF DECOMMISSIONING WASTE

EXPERIENCE OF PARTIAL DISMANTLING OF FRENCH PWR AND ENGINEERINGFEATURES TO FACILITATE DECOMMISSIONINGM. DuBourg; France 233

CLASSIFICATION OF REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING WASTESE. S. Murphy, C. Feldman, F. P. Cardile; USA 247

CHARACTERIZATION OF RESIDUAL RADIONUCLIDE CONTAMINATION WITHIN ANDAROUND COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTSD. E. Robertson, et. al; USA 257

LONG-LIVED ACTIVATION PRODUCTS IN REACTOR MATERIALSJ. C. Evans; USA 289

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE IN SITU QUANTIFICATION ANDCHARACTERIZATION OF RADIOACTIVE DECOMMISSIONING WASTESR. T. Lubaszewski, J. E. Cline, M. R. Bierman, S. G. Lee; USA . . 310

WASTE PROCESSING OPTIONSJ. Turney, A. Miller, L. Leventhal, M. Naughton; USA . . . . 331

TREATMENT OF STEEL WASTE COMING FROM DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEARINSTALLATIONS BY MELTINGK. Pflugrad, C. R. Gomer, M. Sappok; United Kingdom . . . . 349

LICENSING PROCEDURES FOR REPROCESSING AND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVEMETAL WASTEM. Sappok, G. Luckas, R. Stang; Federal Republic of Germany . . 372

ENGINEERING PROBLEMS

AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES IN THE PLANNING OFDECOMMISSIONINGW. J. Manion, R. J. Ramsey, Jr.; USA 392

ENGINEERING PROBLEMS (contd.)

DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE CONTROLLED REMOVAL OF ACTIVATED MATERIALSDURING THE DECOMMISSIONING OF CONCRETE BIOLOGICAL SHIELDS ANDPRESSURE VESSELS OF NUCLEAR POWER FACILITIESC. C. Fleischer, A. A. Paton, D. G. Langridge; USA 401

DECOMMISSIONING PLANNING AND THE ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES FOR THEHANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORSC. E. Miller, Jr., R. F. Potter; USA 418

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EFFECTIVE DECONTAMINATION-CONTAMINATIONCONTROL PRINCIPLES AND DECOMMISSIONINGB. A. Irving; USA 432

ENGINEERING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DECOMMISSIONING THE WINDSCALEADVANCED GAS-COOLED REACTORA. L. Adams; United Kingdom 436

DECOMMISSIONING PLAN AND PRESENT STATUS OF TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT INJAPAN POWER DEVELOPMENT REACTOR (JPDR)M. Ishikawa, T. Kikuyama; Japan 450

THE EXTENSION OF THE SWS PERIOD OR CANDU REACTORS WITH PARTICULARREFERENCE TO DOUGLAS POINT \C. R. Bennett; Canada 469

INTACT DECOMMISSIONING: A DOSE ASSESSMENTL. Lewis, S. L. Ostrow; USA 487